The local space context of Nanyang as this registry holds it — the catalogued human footprint on the ground around it, the orbits that can pass overhead, and the geostationary belt seen from here.
| position | 33.005° N, 112.547° E | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
|---|---|---|
| population | 1,811,812 inhabitants | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Space Pioneer Gongyi Static Test Site | 195 km NNE (14°) | 34.709° N, 113.051° E | gcat-sites |
| 806th Brigade missile base, Huanglong, Shaanxi province | 336 km NW (325°) | 35.474° N, 110.447° E | gcat-sites |
| Taiyuan weixing fashe zhongxin | 500 km N (1°) | 37.500° N, 112.600° E | gcat-sites |
| 822 Brigade missile base, Laiwu, Shangdong province | 594 km NE (51°) | 36.235° N, 117.716° E | gcat-sites |
| Leping missile base, Jianxi, China | 625 km SE (135°) | 28.970° N, 117.120° E | gcat-sites |
| Shijiedu sounding rocket site, Anhui Province | 669 km ESE (108°) | 30.950° N, 119.220° E | gcat-sites |
| Jianggezhuang Submarine Base | 812 km ENE (63°) | 36.104° N, 120.579° E | gcat-sites |
| Huang Hai CZ-11 launch zone | 824 km ENE (73°) | 34.900° N, 121.190° E | gcat-sites |
| Ganzhou missile base, Brigade 616 | 836 km SSE (163°) | 25.800° N, 115.000° E | gcat-sites |
| Bayan Hot test range | 894 km NW (318°) | 38.758° N, 105.608° E | gcat-sites |
| Haiyang test site, Shandong | 894 km ENE (59°) | 36.800° N, 121.200° E | gcat-sites |
| Laogang sounding rocket site, Shanghai Shi, Zhongguo | 901 km ESE (102°) | 31.020° N, 121.820° E | gcat-sites |
| 51St Base, Fengrun, Tangshan, Hebei province | 909 km NNE (31°) | 39.856° N, 118.093° E | gcat-sites |
| Wenzhou missile base, Zhejiang | 915 km ESE (123°) | 28.300° N, 120.400° E | gcat-sites |
| Ninbgo missile base, Zhejiang province | 936 km ESE (109°) | 29.880° N, 121.717° E | gcat-sites |
| … and 4 more within 1000 km | |||
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| MUSCOVY | 545 km NE (34°) | 37.017° N, 115.995° E | nuclear-tests |
Distances are great-circle on a sphere of mean radius 6,371 km; bearings are initial true bearings from the city. Each position is the source catalogue's own, read back from the registry.
Of the 23,251 artificial objects the registry places in Earth orbit on 2026-10-18, 20,210 fly orbits whose ground track reaches 33.005° N, so they can pass directly overhead; the other 3,041 never reach this latitude.
| space station | inclination | can pass overhead |
|---|---|---|
| Bai Xiang | 85.0° | yes |
| International Space Station (+3 docked records) | 51.6° | yes |
| Kosmos-382 | 55.9° | yes |
| Tianhe | 41.5° | yes |
Computed: an orbit's equatorial inclination bounds the latitudes its track reaches (inclination i, or 180° − i when retrograde), from the orbital elements the registry holds. «Can pass overhead» is geometry, not a schedule — when, and whether it is lit and visible, depends on the hour.
The geostationary belt arcs across the southern sky and stands 51.6° above the horizon due south — the elevation to aim at for a satellite at this city's own longitude. Computed: spherical Earth (equatorial radius 6,378.137 km), circular orbit of one sidereal day (42,164 km); good to a few tenths of a degree.
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